Table Scraps?

[RIRss]

I have alot of papayas trees in my yard and was wondering if I could give that to my pig when i get her? The chickens love them when there rip or even just green. I dont know what they are good for but i know they taste good.

Any info will help

Thanks,
RIRss

 

[sevenmile]

Pigs love most fruits and veggies and nuts. Don't know why a nice ripe papaya would turn them off. I know I would go for one right now....

I toss all kinds of fruit/veggie type things to my breeding stock, but only as a supplement to their regular feed, the proper balance of nutrients and amino acids is pretty important in my experience.

They REALLy love crunching down black walnuts out in the pasture all fall.

I was disappointed to discover in my research that Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum is not good to feed to hogs, those trees are So prolifiic.

 

[LavacaW]

Saw pigs actually tied to papaya trees in the Cook Islands to fatten up on what fell...

 

[LilyD]

Before we got our feeder pigs this year I researched them through our local extension service and was told that in the US it's illegal to feed pigs that are meant for consumption any meat products. They said that the meats can contain trichinosis (sp) which is a parasite that can be passed on to humans when they eat the meat. I talked to some of the grocery stores in the area and set up large bins to pick up veggies, bread and cheeses and milks that have passed their expiration dates but are still good. I usually get a 30 gallon can full every other day or so and we add that to what the pigs are eating in grain each day. Also in the winter they absolutely love love love warm corn meal mush cooked on the stove or cooked plain oatmeal anything of that nature. We also cook all our veggies other than the leafy greens so that they are soft. They really prefer if everything is soft and mushy when they eat it rather than hard.

Hope this helps,
Lily

 

[cmitchell]

I have some left over steak that my 2 legged family won't eat. Can I feed it out to the pigs?

 

[freemotion]

Some will freak out at this but I'd toss it to 'em in a heartbeat.

 

[GBov]

Some will freak out at this but I'd toss it to 'em in a heartbeat.

Yep, throw it to the pigs or the chickens, either one will love it

 

[RIRss]

Ok can I feed the pigs carrots from the school that are in indivdual packs from the school lunch room? And what type of nutriention do they have..

thanks,
RIRss

 

[freemotion]

Sure, feed 'em the carrots. They will likely eat them better if you simmer them a bit, but experiment. I throw veggies in piles and they often ignore them until they go mushy and sour, then they inhale them.

 

[RIRss]

Well now since the pigs like them so much when there cold I useing them to move them to the pasture everyday and they chase me until I give it to them.

Thanks,
RIRss